"These are people of faith," said Stensrud, who leads Christian women on trips to meet migrants, aid workers and Border Patrol at the border. "These are people who are saying, 'I am trusting in God to bring me to a place where there are brothers and sisters in Christ.'"

The heightened public exposure of those competing for the prestigious posts has sparked fears that the candidates will be easy targets.

The country’s worsening relations with its largest trading partners will heighten the stakes in next year’s World Cup, Trump suggested.

Officially, the Mexican government sued American gun manufacturers, blaming them for “aiding and abetting” the trafficking of firearms to drug cartels. But its real beef is with the Second Amendment, which prohibits the sort of sweeping gun restrictions that Mexican officials think public safety requires.